Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."
Bad boy Barton is back. Perhaps so, but two wrongs don’t make a right.
Watching the footage over and over, it seems debatable as to whether Gervinho dived. Certainly it’s difficult to imagine he would have gone to ground quite so quickly had such a light tackle come in on the halfway line.
Goals from Cahill, Klasnic, Muamba and an own goal from Danny Gabbidon ensured an emphatic win for Owen Coyle’s men who found their hosts defence in a particularly generous mood this afternoon.
Wigan’s new signing Ali Al-Habsi gifted Premier League new boys a point in what was a disappointing game at the DW Stadium.
Both teams were making mistakes in what was an error prone first half that was short of quality and entertainment.
Wolves came from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers in an entertaining game at Ewood Park.
Goals from Stephen Fletcher and Ward cancelled out Mauro Formica’s strike to give Mick McCarthy some opening day joy and inadvertently put increasing pressing on Rovers boss Steve Kean.
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Former Liverpool target Alvaro Pereira may soon be making the move to the Premier League, but could find himself in West London rather than Merseyside.
With Liverpool having signed Jose Enrique from Newcastle, their interest in Pereira seems to have cooled, giving Andre Villas-Boas the perfect
Only Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, David Moyes and Tony Pulis are the only Premier League managers to have been at their clubs longer than McCarthy has at Wolves. But as McCarthy’s sixth season in charge begins, it remains to be seen how secure his job is. Wolves came perilously close to relegation last season, and were even in the bottom three on the final day of the season, although they ultimately finished 17th.
In a summer that hasn’t brought about a great deal of change for Tottenham in regards to new players, they will once again be calling on their top performers of last season to fight for a place in Europe.
One major area in which they flourished last year was the midfield, spurred on by the fantastic form of Rafael van der Vaart. Whilst a lot of the talk recently has been surrounding Luka Modricwith a possible move away from White Hart Lane, one of most important pieces in the first team jigsaw still has to be the Dutchman.
Newcastle are ready to battle Stoke City for the services of unwanted Arsenalstriker Nicklas Bendtner, reports The Daily Mail.
Newcastle were thought to be targeting another front man in the form of Eren Derdiyok who currently plays for Bayer Laverkusen in Germany, even sending chief scout Graham Carr to watch the Swiss international. However, Newcastle have been forced to focus elsewhere after Derdiyok stated he had no intentional of leaving Laverkusen, who will play in this season’s Champions League.
Popular former midfield player Thomas Hitzlsperger could make a shock return for a second spell at Aston Villa according to both The Guardian and The Mirror, with Villa manager Alex McLeish failing to rule out the possibility.
Young Scottish defender Danny Wilson has spoken out on his desire to leave Liverpool on a short-term basis, in order to gain some regular first team action, as he feels his immediate international future is under threat.
Wilson’s comments came after he started and impressed for Scotland during their 2-1 victory over Denmark on Wednesday night:
Chelsea Chairman Bruce Bucj was on talkSPORT this morning and gave an excellent interview that Chelsea fans ought to be appreciative of.
Most fare from Chairmen is at best dull at worst and opportunity for them to bore listeners with a list of wonderful things that they think they have done for the club. But Bruce spoke thoughtfully about a number of issues including the possibility of an eventual new stadium and his side’s interest in Luca Modric.